"I wanted to look after myself. 'My body is a temple' is a saying I once would have laughed at, but I wanted to respect this vessel that is taking me through life," Hart said.

By Lindsey WeedstonOriginal Source: thefix.comAustralian model Jessica Hart recently celebrated her one-year sober anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion she wrote an essay for Harper's BAZAAR about why she decided to quit drinking and treat her body like a temple.“One morning, when I was in my early thirties, I finally pulled the plug,” she wrote. “I just woke up one morning and said, This is it. I wanted to look after myself. 'My body is a temple' is a saying I once would have laughed at, but I wanted to respect this vessel that is taking me through life. I'd put it through so much and it was time to give back.”

Though Hart says she never got to the point where she...click here to continue reading